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Chufou

Chufou proper noun: synonym of Qufu: A county-level city of Jining, Shandong, China.

Proper noun

Chufou

  1. Synonym of Qufu: A county-level city of Jining, Shandong, China.
    • Chufou.—Ninety miles south of Tsinanfu on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is Chufou, the place where Confucius lived and is buried. When the railway was being constructed a few years ago, the Duke of Kung, a lineal descendant of Confucius, objected to the defilement of the sacred place by such a...
    • The principal point of interest at Chufou is the great cemetery, covering about 600 acres and containing the bone 3 of the Confucian clan in all its branches for 2500 years.1921, Carl Crow, The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong), 3rd edition, Dodd, Mead & Co., →OCLC, page 277
    Synonyms:
    Qufu

Examples of Chufou in a sentence

  • He died in Chufou, Shantung, in 479 B.C., having established himself as the most important teacher in Chinese culture1990 [1982], Josh McDowell, “Confucianism”, in Bill Wilson, editor, The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense: Over 60 Vital "Lines of...
  • He died in Chufou, Shantung, in 479 BC, having established himself as the most important teacher in Chinese culture.2008, Josh McDowell, “Confucianism”, in Scott Dawson, editor, The Complete Evangelism Guidebook: Expert Advice on Reaching Others for...

Synonyms of Chufou

Questions about Chufou

What does Chufou mean?
Chufou means synonym of Qufu: A county-level city of Jining, Shandong, China.
How do you use Chufou in a sentence?
He died in Chufou, Shantung, in 479 B.C., having established himself as the most important teacher in Chinese culture
What part of speech is Chufou?
Chufou is a proper noun.

Words near Chufou in the dictionary

  1. chuffles
  2. chuffling
  3. chuffs
  4. chuffy
  5. chuflay
  6. Chufou
  7. chug
  8. chug away
  9. chug wagon
  10. chug wagons
  11. chug-a-lug

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